2D layered materials: synthesis, nonlinear optical properties, and device applications

B Guo, Q **ao, S Wang, H Zhang - Laser & Photonics Reviews, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, 2D layered materials, including graphene, topological insulators, transition
metal dichalcogenides, black phosphorus, MXenes, graphitic carbon nitride, and metal …

Saturable absorption in 2D nanomaterials and related photonic devices

G Wang, AA Baker‐Murray… - Laser & Photonics …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Wide‐spectral saturable absorption (SA) has been experimentally demonstrated in two‐
dimensional (2D) nanomaterials with outstanding performance, such as low saturation …

Mechanically exfoliated black phosphorus as a new saturable absorber for both Q-switching and mode-locking laser operation

Y Chen, G Jiang, S Chen, Z Guo, X Yu, C Zhao… - Optics express, 2015 - opg.optica.org
Black phosphorus (BP), an emerging narrow direct band-gap two-dimensional (2D) layered
material that can fill the gap between the semi-metallic graphene and the wide-bandgap …

From dead leaves to high energy density supercapacitors

M Biswal, A Banerjee, M Deo, S Ogale - Energy & Environmental …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Functional microporous conducting carbon with a high surface area of about 1230 m2 g− 1
is synthesized by single-step pyrolysis of dead plant leaves (dry waste, ground powder) …

Arrays of nanoscale-thick ITO hemispherical shells as saturable absorbers for Q-switched all-fiber lasers

P Gu, D Li, H Zhu, J Chen, Z Zhang, E Hu… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2024 - ACS Publications
We report on the preparation of robust indium tin oxide (ITO) hemispherical-shell arrays
(HSAs) with nanoscale thickness of∼ 100 nm and their applications for passively Q …

Large energy, wavelength widely tunable, topological insulator Q-switched erbium-doped fiber laser

Y Chen, C Zhao, S Chen, J Du, P Tang… - IEEE Journal of …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We report on the generation of large energy, widely wavelength tunable pulses in an erbium-
doped fiber laser passively Q-switched by a topological insulator saturable absorber (TI-SA) …

A tutorial on nonlinear photonic applications of carbon nanotube and graphene

S Yamashita - Journal of lightwave technology, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
One and two dimensional forms of carbon, Carbon nanotube and graphene, have
interesting and useful not only electronic but also photonic properties. This tutorial will …

Preparing two-dimensional microporous carbon from Pistachio nutshell with high areal capacitance as supercapacitor materials

J Xu, Q Gao, Y Zhang, Y Tan, W Tian, L Zhu, L Jiang - Scientific Reports, 2014 - nature.com
Abstract Two-dimensional (2D) porous carbon AC-SPN-3 possessing of amazing high
micropore volume ratio of 83% and large surface area of about 1069 m2 g− 1 is high-yield …

Large scale production of biomass-derived N-doped porous carbon spheres for oxygen reduction and supercapacitors

S Gao, Y Chen, H Fan, X Wei, C Hu, H Luo… - Journal of Materials …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
The urgent need for sustainable energy development depends on the progress of green
technologies, which have steered hot research areas into environmentally benign …

Solution processing of graphene, topological insulators and other 2d crystals for ultrafast photonics

F Bonaccorso, Z Sun - Optical Materials Express, 2013 - opg.optica.org
Graphene and other two-dimensional (2d) crystals are promising materials for photonic and
optoelectronic applications. A key requirement for these applications is the development of …